Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The correct reading is that the first statement is false and the second is true.

Statement 1 is false because the Buddhist communication theory is not simple and one-sided, it is a nuanced, dialogic and two-way understanding of human exchange.

Far from being one-directional, it stresses mutual participation, feedback and the joint building of meaning.

Statement 2 is true because the Buddhists do understand communication as a social and moral act, bound up with ethical conduct and relationships.

Right speech and mindful, truthful exchange place communication within the moral fabric of community life.

Since the first claim misdescribes the theory and the second states its character correctly, only the second can be held true.